Greatest Left-Back Of All Time, Marcelo, Reveals Strangest Thing About Lionel Messi

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OpenLife Nigeria reports that a Brazilian professional footballer, Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior, known as Marcelo, has revealed the strangest thing about one of the most admired footballers on earth, Lionel Messi.

Marcelo, a left-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Fluminense, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest left-backs of all time as a result of his attacking capabilities, stated this in an interview in which he extolled the professional skills of Messi.

Said Marcelo : “Messi is a player you have to play against but don’t provoke him. We used to find it difficult to stop him when he was in a normal state, but when he got angry it was as if he turned into Super Messi.

“He becomes another person who wants revenge, but his way of taking revenge is through goals, and this is not in our favor. The new defenders will not suffer as we did. Their mission is somewhat easy.

“The best striker now will not make you sleepless nights before facing him, but Messi did that. The strangest thing is that every time we faced him, we did not find a solution for him.

“He is a player who is difficult to understand and has an extraordinary talent. Is he the best? I think the Ballon d’Or are enough to say who is the best in football.”

Born on June 24, 1987, Lionel Messi is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Argentina national team.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Messi set numerous records for individual accolades won throughout his professional footballing career such as eight Ballon d’Or awards and eight times being named the world’s best player by FIFA.

He is the most decorated player in the history of professional football having won 45 team trophies, including twelve Big Five league titles, four UEFA Champions Leagues, two Copa Américas, and one FIFA World Cup.
Messi holds the records for most European Golden Shoes (6), most goals for a single club (672, with Barcelona), most goals (474), hat-tricks (36) and assists (192) in La Liga, most matches played (39), assists (18) and goal contributions (34) in the Copa América, most matches played (26) and goal contributions (21) in the World Cup, most international appearances (191) and international goals (112) by a South American male, and the second-most in the latter category outright.

A prolific goalscorer and creative playmaker, Messi has scored over 850 senior career goals for club and country.